Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 76000684 Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture | Built 1905 Opened 1905 Added to NRHP 17 August 1976 | |
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Location Randolph and Church Sts., Champaign, Illinois Similar Old Walnut Ridge Post Office, US Post Office and Courthouse, Webster City Post Office, US Post Office‑Helper Main, US Post Office‑Beaver Main | ||
The U.S. Post Office, now known as the Springer Cultural Center, is a historic government building located at Randolph and Church Streets in Champaign, Illinois. Built in 1905, the building originally served as Champaign's post office. The office of Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor designed the Beaux-Arts building. The brick building features extensive limestone and terra cotta ornamentation. The front facade has four pairs of Ionic pilasters separating the entrance and two sets of windows. A frieze reading "UNITED STATES POST OFFICE" and a dentillated cornice run above the pilasters. A balustrade runs along the front edge of the roof; a large scrolled cartouche marks the center of the balustrade. In 1966, the post office was converted to a federal building.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
It was deeded to the Champaign Park District in 1991.